Can Donald Trump make use of tunes against a musician’s will?

.WOODY GUTHRIE’S “machine” eliminated fascists– or two America’s great dust-bowl balladeer wrote on his acoustic guitar. Port White’s electric maker “files a claim against fascists”, wrote the frontman of The White Lines on Instagram on September 9th. The “fascist” is actually Donald Trump, who recently made use of the band’s most popular song, “7 Nation Military”, in a project video.

Mr White wants him to cease. He participates in a lengthy list of musicians who challenge Mr Trump using their music: Abba, Celine Dion, Beyoncu00e9, Foo Fighters, the real estates of Isaac Hayes and Sinu00e9ad O’Connor as well as Johnny Marr of The Smiths– and also those are merely the objectors from this year. (Our experts have actually put together a playlist of Trump-appropriated tracks.) Can they switch the songs off?